Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[slaveone]

yeah, not the best spot for food. You can always just come and say a quick hello, no need to eat there.

I tried Saturday but missed you. Will try on Sunday. I keep spotting you and steph but my ability to yell in crowds is proportional to the amount of alcohol I have imbibed.

 

[jennab113]

FYI - the lightsabers from SciFi will not survive a trip through washing machine. Just in case you were wondering...

 

[yulilin3]

FYI - the lightsabers from SciFi will not survive a trip through washing machine. Just in case you were wondering...

 

[Lizzim]

I'm getting super excited. One more day in the office and on Saturday we fly to Orlando

No SWW till weekend V though as we are hitting the Magic Kingdom on Sunday to ride Pirates before it shuts (hopefully)

 

[yulilin3]

I tried Saturday but missed you. Will try on Sunday. I keep spotting you and steph but my ability to yell in crowds is proportional to the amount of alcohol I have imbibed.

 

[Jfine]

And our little thread has gone silent. Any weekend V people around? What are you most excited about?

I'm excited to be taking my nephew! He's 9 and extremely excited for Sci Fi breakfast. I'm a little anxious because DH's birthday is a couple days later, so I'm surprising him with a Darth Vader cake. He's not a big sweets person, but hopefully he'll like it. It'd be better (in DH's opinion) if it was Boba Fett or Chewy, but they said they didn't have those images.

 

[momofallsons]

Question for people who waited for Chewie M&G... if we can't make the Chewie run first thing in the morning, what does his line typically look like? Waiting to hear reports from weekend IV, but debating hitting VttM sign-ups (if they're not too long) followed by Chewie weekend V. Say we get in Chewie line around 8:15 (if that sounds reasonable)... what has the wait been? And does it stay consistent throughout the rest of the day or just keep getting longer?

 

[slaveone]

If they had boba fett cakes my budget would of been blown. As is I gave up the ideal of ftf packages in exchange for a night Last weekend. After sleeping on the concrete Friday night I couldn't subject my very considerate traveling companion and designated driver to a night sleeping in the car.

 

[jomommy]

look at the character schedule on page one for Shaak Tii (Under the Jedi Council group)
As fasr as the droids they only come out for about 20 minutes in the evening. Get in line (line for Luke and Leia) no later than 7pm and then they come out around 7:40pm. If you are getting close to the front and it's not time yet let some families pass you.

Thanks so much for all of your help! I just can't keep up with all the info.

Can you tell me exactly where the Luke/Leia meet is? Shaak Tii will be near TSMM, right?

Thanks, again!

 

[slaveone]

At 815 the line was around 30 to 45 minutes. It's steadily hour or more all day. In full sun and frequently rain which slows it down because chewy and logray have to head in. Wet wookie would suck.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm excited to be taking my nephew! He's 9 and extremely excited for Sci Fi breakfast. I'm a little anxious because DH's birthday is a couple days later, so I'm surprising him with a Darth Vader cake. He's not a big sweets person, but hopefully he'll like it. It'd be better (in DH's opinion) if it was Boba Fett or Chewy, but they said they didn't have those images.

get a Boba Fett stein and plop it on top

 

[missthatgator]

Question for people who waited for Chewie M&G... if we can't make the Chewie run first thing in the morning, what does his line typically look like? Waiting to hear reports from weekend IV, but debating hitting VttM sign-ups (if they're not too long) followed by Chewie weekend V. Say we get in Chewie line around 8:15 (if that sounds reasonable)... what has the wait been? And does it stay consistent throughout the rest of the day or just keep getting longer?

We went straight to the Chewy line on Sat, got there about 7:50 and were done by 8:20, by the time Chewy arrived at 8:00, his handlers were estimating the line to be about 1.5 hours long. I would say if you can't make a run for it first thing try to get there right after the parade, it looked slightly more reasonable around that time

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks so much for all of your help! I just can't keep up with all the info.

Can you tell me exactly where the Luke/Leia meet is? Shaak Tii will be near TSMM, right?

Thanks, again!

Luke and Leia are in between GMR exit and ABC Commissary
Jedi Council between One Man's Dream and TSMM

 

[soniam]

so anyone planning on coming to the meet Saturday or Sunday, this weekend or the next? management at ABC Commissary are starting to get annoyed with me. I think I'll change the location of next years lunch meet

RH really messed that up didn't it? People could also state in the Roll Call next year if they plan on meeting at lunch, if you think space will be an issue.

 

[yulilin3]

Question for people who waited for Chewie M&G... if we can't make the Chewie run first thing in the morning, what does his line typically look like? Waiting to hear reports from weekend IV, but debating hitting VttM sign-ups (if they're not too long) followed by Chewie weekend V. Say we get in Chewie line around 8:15 (if that sounds reasonable)... what has the wait been? And does it stay consistent throughout the rest of the day or just keep getting longer?

there was no one signing kids up for PMC and that one is publicly advertised. VttM should be the same, really fast sign up. I would still do Chewie after that even if the wait is an hour just because of weather

 

[yulilin3]

RH really messed that up didn't it? People could also state in the Roll Call next year if they plan on meeting at lunch, if you think space will be an issue.

I've always debated on the time and place for the afternoon meets. I know once the day starts a lot of people have a pretty packed schedule. I've considered just leaving the fireworks meet but I know many don't make it all day.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

@yulilin3 Personally, I'm with you about the one next to the RH (Backlot?) its in a perfect spot that's easy to get to, around ST, you get pcs of SWW in there (lots of JTA) and even see the characters around RH.

What about hanging out there? Its a lot less crowded than ABC (which I never go to btw.) Plus Backlot has GF. Just a thought. They have tons of table and refill fountains.

 

[luvallprincesses]

And our little thread has gone silent. Any weekend V people around? What are you most excited about?

We're here! And the first thing I do (after chatting about the kids' day and letting the pup out!) every day after school is play catch up on this thread. It's a part time job but so informative. I got all of the meals and fastpasses we hoped for (thank you!!) so now we are excited for the atmosphere all around, the shows, and any magical experiences we come across. We are SO EXCITED for our first SWW! I'm in the stage of convincing myself to not stress about the heat (be prepared and hydrate, return to resort if needed), not getting certain autographs in the rotating lines (ask CM for timing help), and if we miss something it's okay (a general Disney strategy).

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 Personally, I'm with you about the one next to the RH (Backlot?) its in a perfect spot that's easy to get to, around ST, you get pcs of SWW in there (lots of JTA) and even see the characters around RH.

What about hanging out there? Its a lot less crowded than ABC (which I never go to btw.) Plus Backlot has GF. Just a thought. They have tons of table and refill fountains.

that's where I've always done our meets but it was told to me by management that RH would not be available to use during regular lunch hours, so I thought it would be way more crowded than usual so we switched to Commissary. When you say GF is that gluten free? cause they have gluten free and dairy free items at Commissary as well

 

[yulilin3]

We're here! And the first thing I do (after chatting about the kids' day and letting the pup out!) every day after school is play catch up on this thread. It's a part time job but so informative. I got all of the meals and fastpasses we hoped for (thank you!!) so now we are excited for the atmosphere all around, the shows, and any magical experiences we come across. We are SO EXCITED for our first SWW! I'm in the stage of convincing myself to not stress about the heat (be prepared and hydrate, return to resort if needed), not getting certain autographs in the rotating lines (ask CM for timing help), and if we miss something it's okay (a general Disney strategy).

good strategy!! just go with a tentative plan and be prepared to let the plan go and just enjoy